scholarly journals William James and the Sustainable Transformation of Values, with a Case Study for Rethinking the American Dream

Human Arenas ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Croce
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
American Dream ◽  
William James ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Many

AbstractThis article addresses the call of the Psychology of Global Crises conference for linkage of academic work with social issues in three parts: First, examples from conference participants with their mix of bold calls for social transformation and realization of limits, a combination that generated few clear paths to achieving them. Second, presentation of Jamesian practical idealism with psychological insights for moving past impediments blocking implementation of ideals. And third, a case study of impacts from the most recent prominent crisis, the global pandemic of 2020, which threatens to exacerbate the many crises that had already been plaguing recent history. The tentacles of COVID’s impact into so many problems, starting with economic impacts from virus spread, present an opportunity to rethink the hope for constant economic growth, often expressed as the American Dream, an outlook that has driven so many of the problems surging toward crises. Jamesian awareness of the construction of ideological differences and encouragement of listening to those in disagreement provide not political solutions, but psychological preludes toward improvements in the face of crises.

scholarly journals REDES SOCIAIS: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE A FAZENDA DA ESPERANÇA

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Pena de Moraes ◽  
Denise Perroud Amaral ◽  
Joelson Alves do Nascimento ◽  
Luciano Antonio Prates Junqueira ◽  
Marisa Gianetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Drug Problem ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
External Relationships

This article is a case study on the Farm of Hope, a non-profit filantropic entity that aims at recovering drug addicts, based on 3 fundamental elements: sharing common space, work and practice of spirituality, and whose actions in the areas of Social Assistance, Health and Education have promoted a social transformation of the actors involved. The article presents a study on the contribution of networks in the solution of social issues, since these occupy the void created by the withdrawal of the State on this issue. The Farm of Hope was created out of individual actions and consolidated itself in the structure of a hierarchical network, based on established trust relationships between the various actors who shared an interest in responding to the drug problem in the community, allowing the creation of joint between the various organizations: public, private and non-profit in a way to contribute to the management of social politics. As results of this study, we have: the identification of internal and external relationships of Farm of Hope with the community and partners and the formation of strong and weak ties, revealing an important element of innovation in meeting social needs. Finally it was pointed out new possibilities of topics for research by viewing the relationships in the network and its consequences.

scholarly journals Factors of China’s International Competitiveness and the Sustainability of its Economy under the COVID-19 Pandemic (the Case Study for BRICS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. 10020
Author(s):  
Tatiana Podolskaya ◽  
Maria Singkh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The Face ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

The risks and large-scale losses faced by the international community during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a recession in 2020. In these circumstances, of particular interest is the experience of China, which was able to maintain positive economic growth rates, demonstrating a unique resilience to modern challenges. The main objective of the study presented here is a statistical and structural analysis of the factors that ensure China’s international competitiveness and the resilience of its economy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis is expected to show which key factors of China’s international competitiveness have made its economy resilient to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors also hope to identify which promising developments, similar to China’s, will enhance the international competitiveness of the BRICS countries.

scholarly journals Children’s Fan-Play, Folklore and Participatory Culture

Ethnologies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 255-289
Author(s):  
Contessa Small
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
Ethnographic Observation ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Many

The study of children’s play activities has not only been historically trivialized, but numerous widely held misconceptions about kids, their play, folklore and popular culture continue to persist today despite evidence to the contrary. For example, some adults believe that mass media and popular culture has contributed to the decline of kids’ traditional play activities, while others argue that traditional play objects are being replaced by “media culture artifacts”; however, the child-centred fan-play research I present in this paper reveals that popular culture encourages and activates children’s traditional and creative competences, rather than destroy them. The Harry Potter “phenomenon”, as a contested site where youth struggle for visibility and power, serves as the case study for this paper. Based on ethnographic observation of several local events, surveys, and interviews with child and teenage fans of Harry Potter, I examine several emergent, participatory, fan-play activities (including costuming, role-playing, make-believe and spells) and discuss the many ways children manipulate, appropriate, adapt and combine popular culture and folklore, using both creativity and tradition as expression of their lives, identities and power struggles. I conclude by discussing the heart of contemporary children’s culture and play – the conservative/creative nature of children, hybrid play forms and the activation of traditional and creative competencies in the face of popular culture influences.

The Hawkes Papers: A Case Study of a Kansas Mortgage Brokerage Business, 1871–1888

1958 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-310
Author(s):  
Glenn H. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Small Farmer ◽  
Professional Class ◽  
The Face

Much of the capital to finance economic growth flowed from East to West in numerous trickling streams, having as their source the middle-income professional class and as their destination the small farmer. Uniting such borrowers and lenders were middlemen like Charles M. Hawkes, whose operations — here described in detail — were characterized by direct cognizance, financial mobility, deliberate restriction, and great prudence in the face of a shifting, hazardous market.

How are civic cultures achieved through youth social-change-oriented vlogging? A multimodal case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 694-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Caron ◽  
Rebecca Raby ◽  
Claudia Mitchell ◽  
Sophie Théwissen-LeBlanc ◽  
Jessica Prioletta
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
The Face

Debate over conceptual definitions is prominent within the body of literature dealing with emerging patterns of civic engagement and political participation among youth information and communication technology–enabled politics. This article contends that advancing new knowledge in this field is also dependent upon fine-grained empirical analysis of digital traces of youth participation. Drawing on a close analysis of two youth-produced vlogs, we show that adolescents’ commitment to social change can be creatively achieved through video making. Informed by a socio-semiotic approach to multimodal analysis and by Peter Dahlgren’s concept of online civic cultures, our qualitative analysis highlights two main patterns we found in young people’s vlogs aimed at raising awareness about social issues. First, we found that to impact their intended audiences, vloggers presented themselves as creative choice makers and as savvy insiders of youth civic cultures on YouTube. Second, we found that vloggers successfully managed the risk of being the target of online hostility using rhetorical devices and tactics that smoothed counterpositions. Overall, our multimodal case study shows that contrary to traditional approaches to successful communication based on textual coherence, a mix of consistency, disruption, and contradiction can be used purposefully in public speech in order to manage difficult, risky topics. As we demonstrate that visual-based communication on social network sites such as vlogs posted on YouTube is not neat and tidy, we illuminate the vloggers’ shifting identities, opinions, and concerns. This evidence-based observation calls for more in-depth small case qualitative analyses for investigating the multiple affordances of civic talk online and its democratic potential. This article contributes to the ongoing conceptual redefinition of youth civic engagement and political participation in the face of fast-evolving sociotechnical change.

scholarly journals Trade Openness and Economic Growth in Turkey: A Rolling Frequency Domain Analysis

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emrah İ. Çevik ◽  
Erdal Atukeren ◽  
Turhan Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Frequency Domain Analysis ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship

Taking Turkey’s experience as a case study, this study provides further insights into the evaluation of time-varying Granger-causal relationships in the trade openness and economic performance nexus. We reinvestigated the Granger-causal relationships between trade openness and real economic growth in Turkey for the time period 1950–2014. We employed a rolling version of Breitung and Candelon’s frequency domain Granger-causality test, which allowed us to identify the changes in the nature of the causal relationships overtime. Hence, in the face of different results found in the literature overtime, our study provides a more unified evidence on the relationship between trade openness and real economic growth in Turkey. In addition, we found empirical evidence for the possibility of a distinct temporal ordering in a feedback relationship between trade openness and economic growth. We called this situation “sequential feedback”.

scholarly journals KAJIAN KONSEP IKONIK PADA BANGUNAN FASILITAS OLAHRAGA BENTANG LEBAR (Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-241
Author(s):  
Ni'mal Maulana Maulana Rizqi
Keyword(s):  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Great Strength ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

Abstract: The development of architecture is now increasingly rapid because of the many architectural concepts that have sprung up, one of which is marked by the emergence of iconic architecture in various parts of the world. Iconic architecture is a building marker of place or markers of the era and iconic buildings are usually located in strategic locations such as, crossroads, parks, and open spaces. The existence of iconic buildings greatly affects the surrounding environment, even able to market the face of the city in each country. But now many buildings are said to be iconic even though they do not meet the iconic parameters due to the lack of meaning and application of iconic principles to the building. Therefore the writer needs to conduct research on iconic concepts in order to find out the true characteristics of iconic architecture. As for this case study, the study that will be discussed is the iconic building concept in a wide-span sports facilities building, one of which is the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, while the method to be used is descriptive qualitative and the research results can be concluded that the case study of the building under study can be called a building Iconic, because in part of the Bung Karno Stadium building applying iconic characteristics. Among them: Having a building scale that is relatively large and tends to be majestic, has an attractive and attractive shape, has an element of great strength so that it has a long life, and strategic position.Keywords: Iconic, Architecture, Relative, Attractive Abstrak: Perkembangan arsitektur kini semakin pesat karena banyaknya konsep arsitektur yang bermunculan, salah satunya ditandai dengan munculnya arsitektur ikonik di berbagai belahan dunia. Arsitektur ikonik merupakan bangunan penanda tempat atau penanda zaman dan bangunan ikonik biasanya berada di lokasi yang strategis seperti, persimpangan jalan, taman, dan ruang terbuka. Adanya bangunan ikonik sangat mempengaruhi lingkungan di sekitarnya, bahkan mampu memasarkan wajah kota di setiap negaranya. Namun sekarang banyak bangunan dikatakan ikonik padahal belum memenuhi parameter ikonik karena masih minimnya makna dan penerapan prinsip ikonik pada bangunan tersebut. Maka dari itu penulis perlunya melakukan penelitian tentang konsep ikonik  agar mengetahui karakteristik arsitektur ikonik yang sebenarnya. Adapun dalam studi kasus ini kajian yang akan dibahas yaitu konsep bangunan ikonik pada bangunan fasilitas olahraga bentang lebar salah satunya yaitu Stadion Gelora Bung Karno, sedangkan metode yang akan digunakan adalah deskriptif  kualitatif dan dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa studi kasus bangunan yang diteliti dapat disebut bangunan Ikonik, karena pada bagian bangunan Stadion Gelora Bung Karno menerapkan karakteristik ikonik. Diantaranya: Memiliki skala bangunan yang relative besar dan cenderung megah, memiliki bentuk yang atraktif dan menarik, memiliki unsur kekuatan besar sehingga memiliki umur yang panjang, serta letak posisi yang strategis.Kata kunci: Ikonik, Arsitektur, Relative, Atraktif

scholarly journals An Organizational Framework for Logistic Platform and its Subtypes in a Search for More Logistically Attractive Regions

Organizacija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Brigita Gajšek ◽  
Jure Kovač ◽  
Benjamin T. Hazen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
The Many ◽  
Regional Authorities

AbstractBackground and Purpose: Regional sustainable economic growth on logistics bases requires the coordinated development of infrastructure, information and communications technology, and proactive education of logistics specialists. The goal is reachable with regional logistics platforms (RLPs). This current research develops a theoretical model for RLPs, consisting of (1) basic constituents, (2) an implementation area, and (3) stakeholders' and operational benefits.Design/Methodology/Approach: We employed a balanced qualitative and quantitative approach using multiple case study and survey methods.Results: Systematic case study research has identified 12 “most frequently” highlighted RLP constituents and 3 areas of implementation, which were further proven by a survey. RLP's beginnings may be spontaneous until a critical mass of interested stakeholders emerges with a clear vision and start-up energy for a breakthrough. A theoretical model for RLPs is proposed.Conclusion: The secret of a successfully developing a logistics region lies in its ability to develop a mechanism for the managing and coordinating a particular logistics system's development and operation, an area that should be further researched. This study's findings provide valuable insights into the many aspects of RLPs, which can be useful for regional authorities and business owners who are eager to stimulate regional economic growth.

A systemic approach to processes of power in learning organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 344-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Flood ◽  
Norma R.A. Romm
Keyword(s):  
Learning Organization ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Many ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Original Approach

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give practical insights into the systemic approach to organizational learning “triple loop learning” (TLL; introduced in Part I) by reflecting on a facilitated research-and-intervention undertaken in South Africa as part of the “500 Schools Project”. Design/methodology/approach The authors reflect on one of the many researcher-assisted interventions in the “500 Schools Project” by retrospectively reflecting on the case through the principles of TLL. Findings The authors show that researcher-assisted intervention can be genuinely transformative given two conditions: The principles of TLL are embraced, and researchers are committed to such principles and passionate about social transformation. In particular, the case study illustrates how we might address processes of power in processes of design and in processes of debate. The focus on power arguably helped to shift “power over” (power as domination) to “power to” enact empowering designs, “power to” co-develop responsible decision-making and “power to” transform relations with each other and with life on Earth. Originality/value The authors introduce an original approach to TLL that directly addresses issues relating to processes of power. The value of the TLL is that it encourages researchers, learning facilitators and practitioners of the learning organization to engage with processes of power without neglecting other important organizational and environmental issues.

scholarly journals Optimization of community-led 3D printing for the production of protective face shields

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Chengming Zhang ◽  
Yousuf Ahmed ◽  
Isra M. Hussein ◽  
Edem Afenu ◽  
Manon Feasson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Start Time ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Face ◽  
3D Printers ◽  
3D Printed

Abstract Background As the healthcare system faced an acute shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of 3D printing technologies became an innovative method of increasing production capacity to meet this acute need. Due to the emergence of a large number of 3D printed face shield designs and community-led PPE printing initiatives, this case study examines the methods and design best optimized for community printers who may not have the resources or experience to conduct such a thorough analysis. Case presentation We present the optimization of the production of 3D printed face shields by community 3D printers, as part of an initiative aimed at producing PPE for healthcare workers. The face shield frames were manufactured using the 3DVerkstan design and were coupled with an acetate sheet to assemble a complete face shield. Rigorous quality assurance and decontamination protocols ensured community-printed PPE was satisfactory for healthcare use. Conclusion Additive manufacturing is a promising method of producing adequate face shields for frontline health workers because of its versatility and quick up-start time. The optimization of stacking and sanitization protocols allowed 3D printing to feasibly supplement formal public health responses in the face of a global pandemic.

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